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18th October 2006, 11:15 AM
PRIDE: The Real Deal Preview!
Finally, after years of half-hearted promises and fanciful claims, DSE are set to make their North American debut in Las Vegas. Ironically it took the Fuji TV disaster and some nightmarish publicity that leaves the Japanese end of the business very much in jeopardy to make the company’s Vegas daydream a reality. Some tinkering with the rules – 3 x 5 minute rounds, no stomps or soccer kicks (but no elbows) and NSAC judging criteria – means things may be a little different than usual in the ring. Those concessions show just how much the company feels it needs this show to be a success. A few years ago when Pride was the undoubted top MMA promotion in the world it’s hard to believe they would have changed their rules for anyone. Doing business in Nevada was always going to be problematic because of that but now, having been in many ways surpassed by UFC, Pride are far more willing and indeed desperate to compromise.
The rest is here. (http://kakutougi.info/content/view/321/2/)
Finally, after years of half-hearted promises and fanciful claims, DSE are set to make their North American debut in Las Vegas. Ironically it took the Fuji TV disaster and some nightmarish publicity that leaves the Japanese end of the business very much in jeopardy to make the company’s Vegas daydream a reality. Some tinkering with the rules – 3 x 5 minute rounds, no stomps or soccer kicks (but no elbows) and NSAC judging criteria – means things may be a little different than usual in the ring. Those concessions show just how much the company feels it needs this show to be a success. A few years ago when Pride was the undoubted top MMA promotion in the world it’s hard to believe they would have changed their rules for anyone. Doing business in Nevada was always going to be problematic because of that but now, having been in many ways surpassed by UFC, Pride are far more willing and indeed desperate to compromise.
The rest is here. (http://kakutougi.info/content/view/321/2/)